The Hypocrisy of a Black Miss Israel?

When it comes to Israel’s absorption of Ethiopians, Israel often gets damned for mistakes in their integration, and also for racism. Unfortunately, Israel’s now damned for honoring their accomplishments.

Yes, Israel, like all countries, has its unfortunate problems of racism. But the problems described by Australian feminist columnist Ruby Hamad don’t justify The Hypocrisy of a Black Miss Israel. Hamad has a big-time problem with the Miss Israel crown going to 21 year-old Ethiopian-born Yityish Aynaw:

It is a mistake to assume, when an individual belonging to a marginalised group manages to break through the barriers barring them to success, that suddenly these barriers no longer exist.

First of all, Hamad botched the facts on what she thinks is her strongest part of the condemnation:

While they were still in transit camps in Ethiopia, women were either misled or coerced into accepting injections of Depo-Provera. ‘They told us they are inoculations’, one victim told the Israeli investigative journalist who broke the story. ‘They told us people who frequently give birth suffer. We took it every three months. We said we didn’t want to.’ While some were persuaded to take the inoculation, others were told, point blank, that they could not emigrate if they refused the injections.

Make no mistake; this is a form of ethnic cleansing.

Memo to Hamad: Our colleagues at CAMERA debunked that accusation and Haaretz issued a correction. Unfortunately, other news services and columnists continue giving traction to the canard.

Aside from that, nobody claims that Yityish Aynaw’s Miss Israel crown is the beginning of a new era of racial harmony any more than, say, Belaynesh Zevadia‘s appointment as Israel’s first Ethiopian-born ambassador to Ethiopia, or Pnina Tamano-Shata becoming the first female Ethiopian-born Knesset member.

These women literally walked a long walk to get to where they are. And while not everybody’s going to become a beauty queen, an ambassador, or a member of Knesset, they are indeed sources of pride and inspiration for the Ethiopian community, Israel, Jews around the world, and women in general.

“It is a mistake to assume, when an individual belonging……”. So, who is “assuming” that? Who is Hamad to insinuate that people are “assuming that”, other than herself. What an ego. What arrogance. Ms. Ruby should be fired from her post for believing the lie that she was a capable columnist. As a “feminist”, she should be supportive of this ubelieveably beautiful, talented and obviously “feminine” young lady for overcoming trials that Ruby herself would never even attempt to overcome. What a shame that people like Ruby are allowed to express unqualified, unproven and unfair slander in the public eye.
Rev. Roy….<

It is sad that there are a lot of such pseudo journalists like Ruby Hama(d)s out there, who hate Israel just because it is finally home to Jews. Logic does not work with these perverts (people like Ruby, to be clear) only hate and hate. What is allowed to other countries is crime for Israel. France, finally, started their quest to try to force their Muslim minority, which is quickly approaching a majority status, to respect traditions of French Christian community. Why Israel is not allowed to do whatever suit its best interests – including integration of people from other backgrounds inside the Jewish state?

Secondly even if it was true that birth control was required for immigration to Israel. Only an idiot would call this “ethnic cleansing”.
First of all, these were Ethiopian women and Israel did not force them to go to Israel.
Secondly the injections were long-lasting, but not permanent contraception.

Secondly even if it was true that birth control was required for immigration to Israel. Only an idiot would call this “ethnic cleansing”.
First of all, these were Ethiopian women and Israel did not force them to go to Israel.
Secondly the injections were long-lasting, but not permanent contraception.

Among male heads of immigrant households, there are frequent lowered status problems with consequent violence or suicide. Israeli authorities may recommend that further pregnancies during the family adjustment period are usually not advisable. Wives, confronted by angry husbands, may insist that the birth control was not of their choosing, but of course, it is not permanent.

Tell me which country has no racism ?? Is Australia feminist, Ruby Hamed the exception ??
Look – this writer Pesach Benson just got borned into journalism, to have taken this australian feminist words as truth.’
This ruby hamed write with both eyes closed to her own backyard’s skull and bones – their own aborigines and the white supremist, their world class black soprano.
So if this writer Benson has opened her eyes wider and look up who she is trying to champion, she would not have got her behinds burned.

These people who contest IL choice are just the racist. These are the same who keep quiet when women and girls are abused, forbidden to go to school and literally slave of their master husbands. They are the cowards. All the Muslim countries practice systematic apartheid. The millions of ignorants all over the world are so stupid that they do not realized they are manipulated into self-destruction.

Brian, you are forgetting Jordan. Palestinians cannot be a citizen nor have voting rights in Jordan, and of course Jews are not allowed there (or any Arab country). Abbas does not want ‘one Jew to step foot on Palestinian land’. In the meantime, there is an Arab judge in the supreme court, 14 members of the Knesset and countless Arabs holding top jobs in all spheres in Israel – unlike Gaza or the territories where it is very hard to get jobs, because the PA do not want a thriving economy. Kerry’s offer of more money for the economy will get cut off even before the Palestinian people see one dollar of it. The Arabs are too mired in tribal honour, hate and prejudice.

kieth
there is a very very good book describing the establishment of israels borders and at the time the arabs did not complain but agreed
see – the legal foundation and borders of isreal under international law by howard grief
i referred to it in my previous post. syria lebanon and isreal all stemmed from the balfour declaration

funny – the same convention that gave us the israeli state and syria, lebanon and jordan has led to a state which is racist but the others arent?
a palestinian cannot be a citizen in egypt but this is not racist?

Dear Mr. Alexander,
Your comments are totally misquided.
according to the “Tora of Moses” – the so called “Old Testament”(holy also to christians and moslems) jews are prohibited to descriminate against anyone who wishes to join their society willingly. In the 16th century french researchers found only jews in Jerusalem Safed and Tiberia,
no arabs in the Holy Land – the biblical Land of Israel. The arab population came later from the
neigbouring countries only later during the Otoman and Britih Administrations. They have nothing
to do with the biblical Palestinians who were Phinicians. The ethiopian jews were saved from enihilation and brought into the country by the state of Israel, who is

The fact that Israel will go to any lengths to rescue or give a home to Jews worldwide is in stark contrast to the Arabs nations who have, by law, kept their own people stateless and in camps since 1948, a fact that’s unique in modern world affairs.

As far as a Black Miss Israel is concerned, people seem to forget the obvious: She a very beautiful young women…eine shone madella.

“this Ethiopian girl, not born in Israel but came when she was already Twelve years old and therefore being in Israel for only 8/9 years, does not entitle her to represent the True Israeli girl”

Does it not indeed, “Sarina?” Miss Aynaw is supposedly Israeli enough, in your opinion, to serve as an officer in the IDF, though, isn’t she?
What a foolish, bigoted person you are, “Sarina.” Shame on you! Oh, and you could try learning English before spouting your nonsense in so illustrious a forum as this one.

Yityish Aynaw… her very name is Ethiopian … would by far have been more suitable to represent Ethiopia than Israel… whereas at a Restaurant in Tel Aviv the other day, the waitress serving coffee was a stunning beauty just out from a ‘kibbutz’ and would have been far more deserving of the ‘Crown’ than Miss Aynaw. However one pitfall to it all is that some Jewish families do not look favourably upon such Competitions… which is a Pity.

Well, they are fed a diet of utter hatred of Jews every day. I do fail to see the insult though of being ‘descendants of apes and dogs/pigs’. I thought all men descended from apes (unless you are religious) and that we shared much of our DNA with dogs. So this must mean that the Arabs are a specie apart from other humans. Someone should tell them.

Regarding the Hypocisy of a Black Miss Israel, I am in complete agreement that this Ethiopian girl, not born in Israel but came when she was already Twelve years old and therefore being in Israel for only 8/9 years, does not entitle her to represent the True Israeli girl. Even her very name Yitish Aynaw does not bear the hallmarks of an Israeli . There are many beautiful girls born and bred in Israel and true to the ‘Type’, who would have been far more entitled to this ‘Crown’ than Miss Aynaw and it is indeed disappointing for many who would not dare to opine. This is truly ‘Hypocrisy’ ……

Israel aren’t racist. They’ve had several people from different countries visit there. Including the guys from Fight Quest, John Haggee & Joseph Prince. Several Christians have been there as well. Also there are muslims that live in Israel. Also Hamas threw a giant parade when the taliban bombed the country I live in The United States. I met a Pastor who also went to Israel as well. Plus Israel is the size of NJ. Palestine is much bigger. All you have to do is get a world map & you’ll see that it’s not bout land. Hamas wants to make Israel extinct. Hamas has also killed their own people as well. Google search Real Hamas on YouTube & you’ll see on the top of the section of Hamas killing their own people for having a wedding party. It’s true research it.

Rex Ronald: Most of what you say I agree with. But I have to say that it is the West that is so stupid – or rather the liberal lefties who have gagged society on open discussions, with their mockery of ‘human rights’ and ‘racist’ rants. Add to that the farce that is the UN; 24 condemnations of Israel in one month, and 14 for the rest of the world, and we see how Israel is the Jew among the nations. The thin disguises of anti-semitism, like the BDS for instance, are aiding Islam to conquer the West without (too much) bloodshed. The vilification by the media fans the fires of hatred. And our universities are full of leftie-Israel-hating professors. Those brain-washed students are the future.

Needless to say, Arabs will never stand up to the face the reality of their problems as they slaughter themselves in utter stupidity. The West has been absorbing these Arabs to its detriment. Stop it, for liberty in the West is being exploited by a people who are alien to liberty to promote first century level intellectualism. Arabs see nothing about their problem except the escapist mindset of Isreal being the one and only problem besetting the Arabs.

Do you read Hebrew? Lots of modern Jews do. Also, most modern translations of the Torah into other languages are made directly from the original texts. It is “chosen” in the original in Genesis 18:19, Deuteronomy 7:6 and 14:2 (“…chosen to be his treasured possession…”). See also 1 Chronicles 16:13, Psalm 105:6, 135:4, Isaiah 41:8-9, 44:1-2, 45:4, etc. The early translations, e.g., Septuagint, Syriac, even Christian New Testament citations all support this reading. Even Arabic Bibles uniformly translate these passages “chosen”. This also agrees with the far more numerous references to “my people”. This is not a question of serious scholarly debate.

@Mornar – Using “the chosen people” phrase to claim Jews are racist – is itself racism. Let me explain. In Judaism, Jews are chosen to be Jewish, NOT to be superior. Same as being chosen from the staff, to clean out horse stalls doesn’t make you superior. That addition of superior, was added by racists who wanted to deride Jews, by projecting their own racism onto Jews.

Using “the chosen people” phrase to claim Jews are racist – is itself racism. Let me explain. In Judaism, Jews are chosen to be Jewish, NOT to be superior. Same as being chosen from the staff, to clean out horse stalls doesn’t make you superior. That addition of superior, was added by racists who wanted to deride Jews, by projecting their own racism onto Jews.

the australian situation is a bit different than the rest of the world. its history of black treatment is exaggerated and misleading.
as for the writer of the article she is of arabic background. is it not expected that she would be critical of israel no matter what they do? i wouldn’t give her the time of day.
good on israel for choosing an ethiopian

Ethiopians are not “blacks”. They have an essentially different descent from the “blacks” of sub-saharan Africa.. DNA studies show that the Ethiopians are descended from people who came to northeast Africa from the Arabian peninsula. Also, as a Jew, Yityish Aynaw, is descended from the people of Israel.

I understand Israel’s position on this. They actually deserve compliments for what they are doing in their integration efforts considering where they have come from to be nation. One must remember that Israel is a tiny nation in the midst of adversaries and for that reason she must make her every move cautiously and methodically. Lastly, the debate that Ethiopians are either black or not doesn’t hold water. One must remember that Ethiopia is part of various countries in the continent where people known as Africans resides (not black). Ethiopians likewise other African people are actually a collection of people of Africans origin and some other races. Ethiopians of Israel’s origin traces their origin from Prophet Moses’s wife Ziporah and King Solomon affairs with Queen Macheda of Sheba.

First rules of hate reporting.
Find fault in everything Israel does.
Back it up with lies, half truths, misconceptions and throw in some well-seasoned Protocols for good measure.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
Now be invited to parties to sip the Kool-aid.

How nice to see an intelligent discussion of a serious matter. It has not deteriorated into insults and use of bad language. We all feel and think strongly about these issues and you all have expressed my feelings well. Thank you for the dignity of your expression.

Hamad sounds like an Arab name.
The Fairfax press in Australia despises Jews.
This organisation’s personnel are settlers on land that was brutally seized from its original owners, the Aboriginal people (who regard themselves as the land’s custodians.) Upon these people the illegal British settlers committed a near-genocide.
Though the Aborigines have lived in “Australia” for about 60,0000 years, the British colonisers withheld “Australian” citizenship from them until 1967.
Even today their situation is dire.
Ms Hamad is too busy defaming Israel to show some humanitarian concern for the Aborigines.

Silly, that in this bizarre period in history, no one “dares” mention Moses, Jesus, The Guide for the Perplexed, Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize percentages vs. population, etc. Instead, prior to the end game where we all croak and end up as floating dna atoms in between asteroids composed of former paradise planet (Earth) chunks. Further, as a former U.S. Army Officer (combat damaged), Dislike and Death are no longer for these IQ,s of 80 maximum in the so-called media to be believed as valid sources of opinion and accurate information.

Jaundiced criticism about Israel will always be there. After all the righteous are always denigrated because their existence sensitizes the conscience of the perpetrators of evil practices. Unfortunately, the task of reporting has been handed over on a platter to journalists that find it convenient, sometimes rewarding, to indulge in unhealthy criticism and bashing of individuals and countries that don’t let themselves be led to be slaughtered on the alter of deceit of the media.

I am not Falash also I met some in Australia and they live in ciity area traditionally “non-European”. I am not “non-Caucasian” but pushed to look for job “in own community”. I am not “a badly accimilating minority” and that’s why understand English-written crap about either multiculturalism and Jewish support Australian sources so rich on.
So, if Falashes had been sterilized prior to Aliya how info of their Israel-born youth happens in media?

Writers like Ruby Hamad are fuelled by hate. When Israel unequivocally demonstrates its strong multi-racial culture, they get sick to their stomach, in case their carefully constructed demonization of the Jewish state is seen for the racism it is.

The fact this feminist lard-arse was panicked into writing a patently ludicrous article is evidence of her vicious bigotry.

Of course she hasn’t got a word to say about the obscene racism of Israel’s Arab neighbours.

Bob: Whatever you think of Jews/Israelis/Zionists, we do NOT do: killing of young Christians for their blood to make matzot; killing of young Palestinian children; genocide, ethnic cleansing or even forced sterilisation of Ethiopians or any other group of people. What we do (as a group) is to try to contribute to the world – all our resources in skills and knowledge. We also try to adhere to the laws of Moses, whether we are religiously observant or not. This means to act with humanity. We do not want wars, and we would want nothing more than that the Arabs should have a thriving economy and leaders who were not corrupt, and who were more interested in that than in hating the Jews!

truth…spoken in jest. Inasmuch as more than half of Israel’s Jews are from the Arab countries, a million from Russia, etc. it’s hard to figure what a Jew is supposed to look like. Israel worked for 30 years establishing the claims of 130,000 Ethiopian Jews’ to right of return. In addition, there are communities of Jews in Southeast Asia contemplated for return. Some of those may be hitting the Miss Israel runways some day soon. “Funny; she doesn’t look Jewish.” In 1933 Germany, there was a 44% marriage with non-Jews; today a 75% rate in the US. That’s bound to change things for future Miss Israels.

Hamas, er, Hamad, overlooks the fact that Israel bent over backwards to bring the Ethiopian Jews into the country. So why would they then seek to ethnically cleanse them? If they didn’t want them in Israel, all they had to do was leave them in Ethiopia.

Who is Ruby Hamad?
So Ha Aretz has had to offer a correction. Typical of this worthless rag, which enjoys demonising Israel. No wonder their readership in Israel is on a continual slide.
Also Ethopian senior military officers, at least one colonel that I know of. Probably more.
They may not shoot Aborigines for fun anymore. However, I have yet to see an Aboriginal MIss Australian. At least she will be a real Aussi and not a colonial descendent.

Miss Hamed, you are in the ranks of those that demonise Israel at any opportunity. How pathetic you are. How on earth are you (and Ha Aretz) taken seriuously?